Delta Air Lines said this week it will process tax refunds directly for customers who paid taxes and traveled on tickets during the FAA ticket tax suspension period.

The airline said it stopped collecting several airfare-related taxes, including the 7.5 percent tax on the base ticket price after the FAA’s funding expired late last month.

Delta-Boeing-757, Courtesy of Delta Air Lines

Delta plans to provide refunds directly to customers once it receives the IRS’ guidelines.

Last week, the IRS said travelers who paid for tickets on or before July 22, 2011 for travel beginning on or after July 23 and prior to the reinstatement of FAA funding, may be entitled to a refund of those taxes.

Delta said information on how to apply for a refund will be posted on its website.